Autographic register.



P. HANG.

UTOGRAPHIG REGISTER. I APPLIOATION FILED 00127, 1909.

` Patented Jllly 26, 1910.

4 summa-SHEET i.

Y Hf' P. HAND. AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER. PPLIQATION HLED 00T. 7, 1909.

' Patented'July 26,1910.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

@WLM/Leone www P. HANG.

AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLIUATION FILED 0017, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

4 SHEETS-SHBET 3.

' P. HANG.

AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 7, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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l yspecificati'on of Letters '.Patent.

Patented .run/flac, 1910.

Appneation mea october 7, 190e. serial No. 521,502.

Be it known that I, PHILLP HANO.,a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the` county of New Yorkaiid State of New York,have invented new-and usefullm rovements inAutographic Registers,l of

which the following is afsp'ecicatlon.

This invention. relates to lautographic registers, the machine beingequi ped to take.

any suitable number of rol s of paper. rlhreerolls of .paper are showninthe draw- 'fin'gf'b'ut this number canl be varied as re- The machineis adapted to register the sheets or rolls in alinement as well sidewiseas longitudinally by meansr of certain de- Vice'shereinafter more fullydescribed. yThe vice is operated automatically byfsuitable paper" is intheforin of continuous strips wound on'reels, the arrangement being suchthat the paper is pressed against the side wall of the m'achine,"so astoprevent. lateral' movementfof thepaperlas'well as overspeeding, alonglongitudinal or trahsverse'lines so as tplpm's r'e correct writing onthe same.-

. 'lF e-rii1 means/of suitable devices and is provided with .a Yclamping-device. This clamping` de# stops which canlbe arrangedforthrowing' a greaterVor less length of paper and which stops can be setlto an accurate and positive throw. A tension device is provided whichwill prevent the'paper from getting out of.

L alineinentand from receding when the mal .chine'is moving backwardytoprevent the .paper from buckling and to hold the-paper i 4firmly andtightly on the platen at all times'.

The supply of paper comes from a series of reels placed in the machine.and the paper is fed out over `ides and then over the platen,

through the lautomatic clamping device.

ont tension device and i to the The machine 1s provided with a box atthe side to' hold the -roll olf-carbon paper 4to l stretch over theplaten and between thewrit-l in the annexed drawings in which I Figure`-1 shows a plan view` ofan autolgraphic 4register embodyin vllig.

' the carbon paper.

in papers. This carbon paper is 'held tig tly by'a cover over the platenwhich cover cany serve. as a knife for tearing o This ,inventionA is setforthl in the following. specificationand I claims and' illustrate thisif'nven'tioinl 2 Fig. 1.

isa side elevation o y Aachine .is -providedwith a reciproyeating vframefed vforward and backwardbyj Fig. 3i

,I fis avertical longitudinalcntral section 'of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 1s asection along the line m Fig. 2. Fig. 5'is a section along the line yyFig. 2. ,Fig 6 shows thereciprocating .slide 1n forwardly projectedposition. Fig. y7 is a section -along the' line a z Fig. 6. I Fig.

8 shows an operating mechanism-for the storage roller.l Fig.l 9 is adetail view of the tension device and knife Blade. Fig. 10

is a view from' the' opposite side' to that shown in Fig.9., Fig. 11 is`asectionqalongghe line ez. Fig. 9. Fig; 12 is an enlarged ra register,)one of the .sideV frames being omitted. Fig. .13 is a transversevertical section'along the line z2 of Fig. 12. ,Fig. 14

15 is a. fragmental perspective view ofthe lcllp associated with' saidroller. Fig. 16 is a perspective view of .theknifei gmental sectionalside elevation of the.V

is a detail section of 4the storage roller. Fig.

v In "this drawing, a indicates the two side i frames of the machine,which frames are leach composed of upper and lower sections. y The twoupper sections are hinged to a bolt b, which connects the, two lower'sections whereby said upper sections may be up; (see Fig. 12.)" Thereels .c have their trunnions d seated in the lower. sections of theframe, .and when the upper sections are swung up about hinge bythe reelswill be freed, so that their trunnionsmay be lifted I` outdof place.About each arranged within a housing f and .bears against the inner endthereof, said housings beingY provided with or forming` part of flangesg of such size .as to pressy laterally against one ide of the', paperrolls z-andy force the sameagainstthe opposite side of the machine, saidrollsbeing of somewhat greater width'than the reels.

of the trunnions ai at oney side .ofthe reels vc isn coiled a springewhich is AThe paper strips coming `fromy theitreels are led'overidlerstoward the :front yof the l.machine and fed forward by a reciprocatingJframe 'which 'isv provided-with a' clamping. `.device hereinafterdescribed. vThis' frame consists 'essentially of -a pair oflongitudinally arranged sliding bars m having their los front "endsconnectedby a cross-bar lo. Bars m/"are vtubular in form and areprovided upon th'eir under faces with rack teeth which .are engaged bygears n., mounted upon a .shaft nf, said shaft having alsomountedthereon4 a second pair of gears n2 in mesh with' and driven by a pair ofgears n3 mountled upon a drive shaft W* provided with an operatinghandle o.

y Rotation f shaft a4. by means of its handle will thus impart anendwise` `'movement to the 'rack bars m 8 located aty suitable pointsonthe under,v

as will be apparent. The tubular rack bars m contain slide rods 79which-'fitsuiiciently tight within the bores of vsaid bars to enablethem to be carried by the latter and yet be capable of an independentmovement. with respect thereto. .At their front ends, rods 7) are formedwith noses p provided for a purpose hereinafter through the medium ofgears n3, @Zand n,

fstated, while at their rear ends theyarepron.

vided with projections r. These projections rare designed to strikeagainst lugs g and face ofthe platen lor other stationaryjpart ofthemachine, the lugs g being positioned toward the' front and the lugs stoward the 'rear of the machine. Consequently, when handle o is `turnedin the proper direction 'f to advanceV the reciprocatory. frame, rods pwill be Acarried forward with bars m (byl lreason of their frictionallit within the bores thereof), until the projections 1 strikeagainst-lugs g. j When this takes place, the

f forced back into theh bores ofsaidbars `and Will thus assume theiroriginal position.

l The above-described ,shifting movements ofrods p' cause the noses pVat the front ends of said rods to engageand recede Jfrom the rockerarms t of -a pair lof clamps located adjacent the ends ofthe cross-barla. Each' f of these 'clamps is in the form of a twoarmed lever which ispivotedto bar 7c, as

indicated by the lettera, 'and comprises in p addition/.to the rockerarm t agripper arm 2. When the afore-mentioned noses p on rods p strike-against and ride over the arms t of the corresponding. clamps, thelatter will berocked upon itheir pivots, so as to cause their gripperarms 2 to move downwardly into engagement with the paperpthe vedge ofwhich rests upon said bar ic. On

the succeeding rearward Amovement of rods 72, the nosesp thereof willrecede from arms t, whereupon the gripper arms of the clamps willrelease the paperunder the iniiuence of a s ring 3 the ends of whichbear against sar arms t, said spring being shown Figs. 5 and 7.

he arrangement l of the parts is 'such that the noses p. are normallyengaged with the rocker arms of the clamps, the gripper armsl of thelatterbeing, ingconsequence,

forced against the paper. Therefore, when the frame is advanced togetherwith the.

rack bars m and the rods p, the paper will likewise be advanced untilthe projections r strike against the front lu s g; 'when this takesplace, the noses p will be caused to recede from said rocker arms by therearward movement of rods p, as above described, whereupon the gripperarms will be forced to release the paper by the action of the springsA3. l/Vhen the frameand bars are subsequently moved rearwardly, and theprojections 1' strike against the rear lugs s, the rods 79 will bereturnedv to their initial position insaid bars m, and the noses p will`be rengagedwith the rocker arms of the clamps, thereby bringing thegripper arms of the latterinto operation.

` At the front portion df the machineabove theplaten thereis arranged atension device comprising a blade 4, rlgidly secured to `a rock shaft 6which is held yieldingly by means of a suitable spring 5 in such aposltion that saidfbla'de 1s normally in contact with the paper passingover 'the platen, so as to permit a free forward movement of the paper,but to prevent backward movement thereof. Shaft 6 also carries a looselylmounted blade normally held against operation by a springt, but capableof movement into operative position in contact with the paper whenpressure is applied upon aj thumb 'piece` 9, the spring buckling at suchtime.' In this position the cutting edge'of blade 7 may be utilized^ intearing olf a portion of the paper strip, and since said edge projectsbeyond the gripping arms 2of the clamps, the succeeding part of thestrip may be seized and fed forward when the [reciprocating frame isagain advanced. The memorandum or register made upon the u permo'stsheet o n the platen is duplicated ymeans of suitably interposed sheetsof carbonl paper, presently referred to. The lowermost sheet fed overthe idle'rs z' and through the machine, is stored in a' housing slocatedat the front end of the machine. This housing contains a roller 10 uponwhich vsaid sheet is wound. ,The rotation of this roller is efectedinthe-'following manner: Shaft n', on which gears nare mounted is providedadjacent one end with a gear 12 which meshes with a suitably mountedtransmission gear 13, said .gear 13 meshing inturn with a gear-11,mounted on a stud 14 `set into the adjacent frame lside. This izo y studcarries a disk lprovided with a pawl 15. which engages aratchet' 16yformed with a recess for the receptionl of a frictiondisk 17.. Thehollow'elongated h ub of the fric-4 tion disk fits in any opening in theadjacentend of roller 1 0 and is suitably held against` rotationtherein. Said hub is normally forced outwardly fof said opening by a`spring 18, 'whereby said frlctlon dlsk 1s of said record sheets. Thisbox isprovided caused to bind against the wall of the aforementionedrecess inthe ratchet. (See Fig. 5.) The operative engagement of vpawl 15with ratchet 16 takes place only upon the forward movement of handle 0.It will thus be seen that when shaft a is rotated, gear 12 will turngear 13 which, in turn, rotates gear 11; disk 15 rotates with gear l1,and its pawl 15 enga es and rotates ratchet 16, the rotation of saidratchet effecting that of friction disk 17, and, in consequence, ofroller 10.

In order to permit the permanent record or lowermost sheet to be wound`around roller 10 duringv the rotation of the latter, said roller isformed with a longitudinal groove wherein is slipped a clip 19 which isdesigned to engage the front edge of said sheet, and hold the same inplace upon the roller. When the winding up of the sheet in question hasbeen completed, and the roller is to be withdrawn, the clip may bereadily removed by the thumbnail or finger of the person in charge ofthe machine.`

At the side of the machine is located a suitable box` 19 adapted to holdthe roll of carbon paper 20, the arrangement being such that the lattermay be drawn across the platen and between the record sheets, and heldstationary during the feed movements with a cover 22 connected theretoby spring hinges 21- and having its free edge beaded,

so as to snap over the edge of the adjacentl side frame of the machine.When the carbonv paper in use has become worn, a fresh portion may be`drawn from roll 20, and the used portion torn 0E against the free edgeof cover 22, which thus acts as a knife.

With reference to the, lugs g and s against which the projections 1 onthe frame bars fm, are adapted to strike, it may be statedA that theyare preferably in the form of screws, pins or studs, which, asstated,4are removably set into the under'face of the platen. It will beapparent, therefore, that the position of these lugs vbears a definiterelation to the shifting movements of rods and, hence, to the time ofoperation of the c amps, or, in

uother words, to the extent of the feed of the sheets of paper.Consequently, if said lugs b e positioned at points other than thoseshown, a corresponding variation in the extent ofthe feed will result.It is intended,

therefore, to provide lugs which may be adl justed fromone position toanother.

-I claim:- l y j 1.v In a machine of the kind described, the

combination, with a\ platen; ofl reciprocating tubular racks; drivinggears for the racks;

a crossA piece. at the forward ends of the racks; clamps carried by thecross piece; slides located in the tubular racks and movable within thesame for operating the clamps; and stops for arresting the movements ofsaid slides at predetermined intervals during the movements of theracks.

y2. In a machine of the kind described, the combination, with a platen;of reciprocating tubular racks .driving gears for the racks; a crosspiece at the forward ends of the racks`;I clamps carried by the crosspiece; slides located in the tubular racks and provided with means forengaging the clamps to operate the same; and stops for arresting themovementsof said slides at predetermined intervals during the movementsof said racks,

said stops being adjustably mounted to regulate the extent of suchintervals.

8. A machine of the kind described comprising a platen; a tension devicearranged adjacent the front end of the platen, said t device consistingof a swinging blade, and a shaft on which the blade is mountedreciprocating "racks and driving gears yfor the racks, the free edge ofthe said blade being arranged to contact with the platen to 'hold thepaper in place thereon and to prevent t-.he same from receding duringthe return movement of theracks; and aripping blade arranged to swingabout the same shaft as the first-mentioned blade, said ripping bladehaving an arm for holding it in and out of opera-tive position.

4f. A machine of the kind described comprising a platen; a reciprocatingframe pro-v vided with clamps adapted to feed paper coming from theplaten;a storage roller located below the platen to receive a recordsheet therefrom; gears for actuating the frame; and a gear connectionbetween the frame-'actuating gears and the storage roller comprising adisk, a pawl carried by said disk, a ratchet engaged by the pawl, and astud for supporting the ratchet and disk,

said Aratchet having a recessed face and the storage roller beingprovided with a springpressed member arranged to seat in the recess inthe face of the ratchet, said pawl and gear connection being made torotate the ratchet with the storage roller in but oneV direction, towind the paper to be stored.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set l my hand in the presence oftwo .subscribing witnesses. p

' Pi-mLiP HA im Witnesses:

CHRISTIAN ALMSTAEDT, W. C. I-IAUFF.

